Yes, Vertex is completely free to use. It is available on WordPress.org at no cost.

How many websites use Vertex?

Vertex has 1.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Vertex alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Vertex include Astra, Twenty Twenty-Five, Twenty Twenty-Four. You can compare them on our theme directory.

Does Vertex work with the latest WordPress?

Vertex requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.2+. Check the theme's WordPress.org page for the latest compatibility information.

Vertex

Name: Vertex
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Author: Dessign Themes

By Dessign Themes·One Column·Free

5(4 reviews)

·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago

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As of April 2026, Vertex is a WordPress theme with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 126K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Astra.

5/54 reviews

1.0K+active installs

126K+total downloads

10 yearssince 2016

Overview

Vertex modern responsive beautiful and simple theme mostly for portfolio websites or photography and blog sites. With clean and modern design and aesthetic feel,showcase your content in an contemporary timeless style. Make your images stand out and focus on your content.

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Ratings & Reviews

54 reviews

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Recent Reviews

Sample.xml missing

by John Papadopoulos·6 years ago

I downloaded the theme from 3 different sources including the developer and the sample.xml file is missing. So it’s pointless to install it.

This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by John Papadopoulos.

So Easy!

by beemephoto·8 years ago

This theme is by far the easiest theme to set up that I have used! If there was a pro version that allowed additional customization, like changing the font type, disabling the blog on the homepage, and some other custom options — i’d totally be interested in getting it. Great work guys!

Excellent Theme!

by xereu·8 years ago

This theme is one of the best themes I’ve come across in a long time. Cleverly enginerred and designed to work out of box without plugins. I’ve been working with wordpress since version 1.8 and I can tell you for a fact that this theme is my absolute favorite ever. On top of all that it is astonishingly lightweight, specially for today standards where most themes require that you pump up the memory limits on your server, this one, works out of the box with any regular server without tweaking memory limits, timeouts or any of that.
The author also provides a very easy to follow video tutorial, that gets you up and running in no time. This theme achieves the original purpose of the wordpress platform, which is to provide an elegant, efficient and lightweight cms.

Great theme!

by sphex1987·9 years ago

very nice and unique theme